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In Irish and Scottish mythology, the banshee is a "fairy woman" whose mournful wail heralds an imminent death.
Banshee may also refer to:
Computing
- Banshee (media player), a cross-platform open-source media player
- Voodoo Banshee, a video card by 3Dfx
Fiction
- Banshee (character), a superhero in Marvel Comics
- "Banshee" (short story), a 1984 autobiographical short story by Ray Bradbury
- Silver Banshee, a DC Comics character
- Banshees, large flightless blind carnivorous birds in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series
Film and television
- Banshee (film), a 2006 TV movie by Kari Skogland
- Banshee (TV series), an American action television series
- Mountain Banshee, a flying animal in the film Avatar
- The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022 film sometimes informally called Banshees
Music
- Banshee (band), a melodic power metal band from the 1980s American Midwest
- The Banshee (band), an indie-new wave band from Genova
- The Banshees (band), an American garage rock band
- Banshee (album), a 2016 album by The Cave Singers
- Siouxsie and the Banshees, a British rock band
- The Banshee (composition), a musical piece by American composer Henry Cowell
- "Banshee", an instrumental track by Irish band Thin Lizzy on their 1974 album Nightlife
- "Banshee", a song by American electronic singer Santigold on her 2016 album 99ยข
- "The Banshee", a song by Serbian band Orthodox Celts on their 2017 album Many Mouths Shut!
- "Banshee", the Irish entry by Anna Kearney to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Vehicles
- Banshee (dinghy), an American cat-rigged, one-design, sailing dinghy design
- HMS Banshee (1894), a Banshee class destroyer
- International Ultralite Banchee, ultralight aircraft
- McDonnell F2H Banshee, a military fighter aircraft
- Pontiac Banshee, a concept car
- Yamaha Banshee 350, a high-performance all-terrain vehicle
- Meggitt BTT-3 Banshee, a remotely piloted vehicle (aerial target system) developed by Meggitt Defence Systems
- A-24 Banshee, USAAF equivalent of the SBD Dauntless dive bomber
Video games
- Banshee (video game), a 1994 Amiga shoot 'em up video game
Other
- Banshee (roller coaster), a steel roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio
See also
- All pages with titles containing banshee
- All pages with titles containing banshees
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